US consumer watchdog broadens layoffs beyond probationary staff, sources say
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new category of employees at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received termination ...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.
Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was a target of conservatives since its creation after the 2007-2008 financial ...
US consumer watchdog's enforcement, supervision chiefs say they resigned
(Reuters) -The top officials for enforcement and supervision at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday ...
From credit cards to medical debt: What may happen to some key consumer protection rules under Trump
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now under strict orders to do nothing.
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Trump’s acting CFPB head orders staff to pause activity; Klarna to target US IPO in April
The Trump administration has effectively shut down the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordering the regulator to stop nearly all its core operations.
Few expected Trump’s sudden onslaught of disruption
Not sure why the sudden troubling and unconstrained disruption engendered by President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Russ Vought, ...
Vought Moves to Defang CFPB, Telling Staff to Halt All Supervision
The Trump administration is ousting four additional outlets from Pentagon workspaces, with CNN and The Washington Post set to lose their spots in favor of right-wing media entities. Last week, the ...
Trump announces 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports
In 2018, the first Trump administration imposed a 10% duty on imported aluminium and 25% on steel. The purpose was to support ...
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Many Trump Administration Fiscal and Regulatory Actions Are Unlawful
This paper identifies the legal problems with many of the most prominent actions: freezing funding, amending or repealing rules, and denying citizenship to children born in the United States.